Biden Admin Backtracks, Says It Does Not Support Transgender Surgeries For Minors

The Biden administration appeared to backpedal on the issue of child sex change attempts, now saying it does not support sex change operations on minors. The apparent about-face comes just after it was revealed that a trans-identifying Biden official pressured an organization to eliminate age requirements for the surgical procedures.

A White House spokesman said plainly that “the Administration does not support surgery for minors” on Wednesday in a comment that came amid a broader controversy surrounding the use of sex change interventions on children.

The statement puts the White House at odds with numerous Democrat states and transgender activist organizations, both of which have waged a campaign to ensure the availability of sex change operations to children. The Supreme Court is set to consider a Tennessee law that would ban gender surgeries for minors, as well as the administration of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone treatments. The decision could have serious implications for the 24 other states that have passed similar laws that seek to protect children from irreversible medical interventions intended to modify sex appearance.

Staff members for Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services and a man who identifies as a woman, pressured the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) to remove age limits for sex change operations from its transgender standards of care document.

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One uncovered email reveals that Sarah Boateng, who previously served as Levine’s chief of staff, argued that age limits could contribute to “devastating legislation for trans care.”

“She wonders if the specific ages can be taken out,” an email from a WPATH member reads. A separate email explained that Levine “was very concerned that having ages (mainly for surgery) will affect access to care for trans youth and maybe adults, too.”

“Apparently the situation in the U.S.A. is terrible and she and the Biden administration worried that having ages in the document will make matters worse. She asked us to remove them,” the email reads.

WPATH publishes a “standards of care” document, with the 2021 draft originally suggesting various different age limits depending on the procedure, such as 17 for genital surgeries or hysterectomies, 16 for breast augmentation or facial surgeries, 15 for mastectomies and 14 for hormonal treatments. The final 2022 WPATH document did not include any age limits, however.

President Joe Biden previously spoke out against states that have banned transgender medical interventions for minors, ranging from puberty blocker administration to surgical operations, referencing the pieces of legislation in a 2023 statement that claimed “more than 600 hateful laws have been introduced this year targeting the LGBTQI+ community, particularly youth.”

The administration even intervened in a case concerning Tennessee’s law banning transgender medical interventions for minors, coming down on the side of families who sued the state in an attempt to prevent the law from going into effect.

Biden even called Florida’s law banning the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for those under the age of 18 “close to sinful.”

Trump Makes Prediction On Whether Biden Will Stay In Race After CNN Presidential Debate

Former President Donald Trump predicted on Friday that President Joe Biden would remain the Democratic nominee for president after Biden was widely criticized for his shaky debate performance Thursday night.

Trump told Fox News he believed Biden would not be replaced after some Democratic commentators suggested that Biden should step down and allow someone to take his place following his poor performance at the CNN presidential debate. During the debate, Biden repeatedly mumbled and made other verbal missteps, causing panic among Democrats.

“Yes, I think he will be the nominee,” Trump said when asked by Fox on Biden’s future as the nominee. Trump added that he didn’t think any other Democratic candidate would have performed better against him.

“It was a great honor to be on stage representing the people of our country,” Trump said.

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly attacked Biden over the record number of illegal immigrants who have entered the country under his watch while Biden criticized Trump for his handling of the economy and ongoing legal problems.

Much of the post debate commentary focused on Biden’s mental and physical health.

“He seemed a little disoriented,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod said of Biden after the debate. “But by that time, I think the panic had set in. And I think you’re going to hear discussions that − I don’t know will lead to anything − but there is going to be discussions about whether he should continue.”

The Trump campaign quickly declared victory after the debate concluded.

“Despite taking a week-long vacation at Camp David to prepare for the debate, Biden was unable to defend his disastrous record on the economy and the border,” Trump campaign co-chairs Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said on Thursday. “President Trump is spot-on when he says that if Joe Biden is too incompetent to stand trial, then Biden is too incompetent to be President.”

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The Biden campaign has already pushed back on claims that he should step away from his presidential campaign, saying he will remain in the race.

“I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to,” Biden said at a rally in North Carolina on Friday. “But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job.”

Trump will also be holding a campaign event on Friday in Chesapeake, Virginia.